10. I staystitched bottom of skirt all the way around in two parallel lines so that it would fray up to the stitches. I didn't stitch the insets because they were made using the pants cuffs. contrast thread color looks rad here. You can also do a regular hem for a cleaner look.

Well, I made this a while ago, but Heather Joy just gave me good prompting to put this up.

I had a huge argyle sock collection from years of thrifting. I couldn't bear to throw away the holey ones, but they became bad enough that I couldn't wear them with shoes anymore.

1. So I cut the foot part off, or as far up as I needed to, to get rid of the holey area. I also cut the tubes open to make rectangles.

2. I laid the sock rectangles out in a configuration I liked, then sewed them together, end to end, to make a long strip.

3. I laid this almost-scarf onto a piece of polarfleece, which I then cut out. I actually needed two pieces of polarfleece sewn together in the middle, cos the thing is soooo long.

4. I sewed 3 sides of the long rectangles together, right sides together. Then flipped it right-side-out, folded the last (short) unsewn side in, and sewed all the way around the whole thing, making a tiny gutter. This helped the thing stay flat.

5. Finally, I used red acrylic yarn and a big metal yarn needle to make little ties, keeping the two rectangles together. Decorative & functional!

The finished product is very thick, wide around the neck, and loooong (as you want it). Here are some images. Feel free to ask me any questions about contruction!